RUSSIANS OUTNUMBERED ON THE SAN.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 144, 18 June 1915, Page 5

RUSSIANS OUTNUMBERED ON THE SAN.

FORCED BACK NORTH OF LEMBERG. ATTACKS IN FRZEMTSL AREA FAIL. VFTROGRAD. June 17, The enemy's strength along the River San. in Galicia. is enormous. With new reinforcements, the Oermnns alone have fourteen army corps concentrated in the regions of the l.ubarzowka and Wisznia, tributaries of the San. Th* enemy's advance along the right bank of the Lubaczouka gives him possession of the railway spanning the river and leading north-cast to Rawa Rusli, north of The group on the Lubaczowka is endeavouring to advance north-east on the Dniester, while the Wiszuia group is moving in the direction of Lcmberg. Jt is officially announced thul the flerman attacks in the last three days in the region of Liatzkow, northward of I'rzcntysl. were unsuccessful and ended in the Russians' favour. Jhe Russian troops in the Popeliany district, in the Baltic region, have crossed the Yonta. the cavalry sabring hundreds of fleeing Germans. Fighting in the Sbavli continues with van ing fortune. Some of the villages have fallen into the enemy's hands. The enemy, iv fruitlessly attempting the offensive beyond the middle of the Nicinen. further south, sustained heavy losses The Russians recaptured all their advanced trenches northward of Prasnvsz. in North Roland. The bat lie of the San continues with increasing fierceness. The fighting along the Tistenica and Rystrittvi, southern tributaries of the Dneister, has continued to the .Russian advantage. The Russians captured, southward of Widaitheff, another 000 Germans. i:u hiding 14 officers, and also four guns aud 6ix machine guns.